[URPE] [NYC] Brecht: 11/18-19 Just in Time for Holidays:Marxian vs Coventional Econ.

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  this is going to be a really useful seminar.  ever wish you had better 
ways of countering the 'market as god' arguments?  the holidays are 
coming,  and soon you'll be with your relatives having frustrating 
conversations about politics.  be prepared...


P L E A S E     F O R W A R D    W I D E L Y

The Brecht Forum
451 West St.  (Betw Bank & Bethune)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 242- 4201
www.brechtforum.org

1,2,3 A,C,E to 14th st.
14A,11,20 buses to Abingdon Square/12th Street
8 bus to Christopher St.
L to 8th Ave @14th st.
F,V to 14th St. B,D to W. 4th 
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FRIDAY LECTURE, November 18    7:30 pm
SATURDAY WORKSHOP, November 19: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm 

Marxian vs Conventional Economics:  Their Differences & Why They Matter 
Today

Stephen Resnick & Richard Wolff

Conventional economics these days has two main goals. First, it seeks to 
celebrate capitalism as a system of efficiency, growth, and prosperity. 
Second, it identifies "problems" in capitalism and figures out 
"policies" to solve them and so make capitalism "work better." 
Conventional economics denies the existence of class, exploitation, 
surpluses and class struggles over these issues--which are exactly what 
Marxian economics is about. The workshop will present and explore the 
differences between these two radically different economic theories and 
show how they lead to radically different understandings of and 
political responses to modern capitalism. We will discuss the key ideas 
and logics informing the two main versions of conventional economics 
today, neoclassical and Keynesian approaches, and compare and contrast 
each with the other and both to Marxian economics. Topics covered 
include (1) differing explanations for profits, prices, income 
distribution, crises, and efficiency (2) applications of those differing 
explanations to the US and global economies today.

Both Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff teach economics at the University 
of Massachusetts. They have collaborated in the writing of a number of 
books including Knowledge and Class: A Marxian Critique of Political 
Economy, and Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the USSR.

 Entire Seminar: $25-$35, Friday forum only: $10